Laura Innes
Acting • Born 1957-08-16
Biography
Laura Elizabeth Innes (born August 16, 1957) is an American actress and television director. She starred as Dr. Kerry Weaver in the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 2007 and reprised her role from 2008 to 2009 in the final season. Her performance earned her three Primetime Emmy nominations. She also starred as Sophia in the short-lived NBC thriller The Event from 2010 to 2011. She was introduced to professional theater by her father, who often took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. With the support of her father, she attended Northwestern University and earned a degree in theater. She went on to appeared in several theater productions before her film debut in Brian De Palma's The Fury (1978), played the role of Jody. She then played the daughter to Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in the short-lived television sitcom The Stiller & Meara Show (1986). In the Fall of 1995, she joined the medical drama sitcom ER (1994) in its second season.
Filmography
36 credits
South of Bix
Movie • 2019
Mom
And the Band Played On
Movie • 1993
Hemophiliac Representative
Deep Impact
Movie • 1998
Beth Stanley
The Price of a Broken Heart
Movie • 1999
Lynn
North Star
Movie • 2022
Model Minority
Movie • 2012
Judge Keaton
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
Telling Secrets
Movie • 1993
Angelyn Graham
Taking Back Our Town
Movie • 2001
Pat Melancon
See Jane Run
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Klinger
The Good Neighbor
Movie • 2016
Caroline
Can't Stop Dancing
Movie • 1999
Landlady
Just Like Dad
Movie • 1995
Rose
The Fury
Movie • 1978
Jody
Please Stand By
Movie • 2018
Ticket Agent #1
Torch Song
Movie • 1993
Ronnie
Jacob Have I Loved
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Rice
One Smart Fellow
Movie
Lizzie
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Wings
TV • 1990
Bunny Mather
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Liz
Another World
TV • 1964
ER
TV • 1994
Kerry Weaver
Bakersfield P.D.
TV • 1993
Darcy Wilks
Brooklyn Bridge
TV • 1991
TV Revolution
TV • 2004
The Event
TV • 2010
Sophia Maguire
My So-Called Life
TV • 1994
Cheryl Fleck
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Lynne Birkhead
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Emma Jinks
The Good Life
TV • 1994
Actress
Good Advice
TV • 1993
Annie
Colony
TV • 2016
Karen
Hey Dude
TV • 1989
Miss Andrews
Hey Dude
TV • 1989
Mrs. Fleeman
The Louie Show
TV • 1996
Sandy Sincic